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Little Louis
Field Plougher
Joined: February 8th, 2009, 12:07 am Posts: 2357
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June 23rd, 2010, 6:17 pm |
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samfieldhouse
Firing on two.
Joined: February 11th, 2009, 12:32 am Posts: 3324 Location: Chichester, West Sussex
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twofifty AZU wrote: To be fair wollies can be cured and brought back into mainstream civilisation. This was once a Blueberries and Cream D*lly.  Russell wrote: This is simply my take on things, not 100% fact:
The D*lly stigma, as Adrian says, was from the old days when most true 2cvers were rolling about in shite old drummers as it was all they could afford, and people started coming to camps in brand new wollies, something most 2cvers could only dream of financally.
So if back in the day the people with too much money and shiny cars were called DollyWollies, nowadays if somebody turns up in a shiney new car, should we call them a CityTwitty?
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June 24th, 2010, 1:50 am |
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Neil
super slot
Joined: November 28th, 2008, 11:14 pm Posts: 8797 Location: Cornwall, UK
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June 24th, 2010, 8:58 am |
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Neil
super slot
Joined: November 28th, 2008, 11:14 pm Posts: 8797 Location: Cornwall, UK
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16,500€!  i'd want a nicer looking engine room than this for that kind of money: http://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/107446074.htm?ca=14_s
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June 24th, 2010, 9:04 am |
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grifftravel
Old Bloke
Joined: May 25th, 2009, 11:39 am Posts: 685
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It is however an incentive for me to rebuild my Mehari and get it up for sale.
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June 24th, 2010, 10:08 am |
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toomany2cvs
Firing on two.
Joined: December 26th, 2008, 9:40 pm Posts: 3332 Location: Surrounded by 2cvs...
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grifftravel wrote: It is however an incentive for me to rebuild my Mehari and get it up for sale. Hmm. Don't forget how much you'd be chucking at Cassis to get to that "as new" Mehari... €2,500 on tupperware €1,500 on the body frame €750 on the roof and frame €400 for seats €700 for a 'screen and frame Chassis, engine, gearbox, suspension, electrics... (and the problem with Meharis is that to ask that kind of strong money, you've realistically got to be able to say "All new..." - because the people who are likely to spunk that kind of money at one will expect it) <looks again at ad> Yep, he reckons he's spent €20k on it. OK, that includes labour - but if you've got a full stack of Cassis bits there, there's not a lot of that involved.
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June 24th, 2010, 10:27 am |
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grifftravel
Old Bloke
Joined: May 25th, 2009, 11:39 am Posts: 685
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toomany2cvs wrote: €2,500 on tupperware

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June 24th, 2010, 10:42 am |
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ginger bloke
Firing on two.
Joined: April 19th, 2009, 7:18 pm Posts: 328
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grifftravel wrote: It is however an incentive for me to rebuild my Mehari and get it up for sale. and pigs might fly 
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June 24th, 2010, 11:55 am |
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twofifty AZU
Firing on two.
Joined: May 16th, 2010, 5:04 pm Posts: 835
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[quote="samfieldhouse So if back in the day the people with too much money and shiny cars were called DollyWollies, nowadays if somebody turns up in a shiney new car, should we call them a CityTwitty?[/quote]
2CV City have nowt to do with that car. If you start with an incomplete car, like I did with that one, you're pretty much per definition going to end up with something shiny if you're a half decent restorer.
Besides, I like cars that have been sorted properly.
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June 24th, 2010, 2:20 pm |
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Rhythm Thief
Firing on two.
Joined: March 10th, 2010, 12:37 am Posts: 1927 Location: Alone in my polytunnel with my pitiful competition onions
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Old-Nail wrote: You need to have very straight panels to have a black car, it's the worst possible colour for showing up the slightest imperfection. As 2cv's are usually dimply and denty anyway, black possibly isn't the most natural choice, but does look good on a perfect car. I saw a metallic gunmetal grey one at 2cv City last week, and while it looked ok in an immaculate sort of way, by using metallic paint some of the character of the 2cv was lost somehow. On the other hand, battered and dented 2CVs look very good in matt black. 
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